South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
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The South Dakota State Jackrabbits
football
team is a Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA) program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Jackrabbits were a Division II program in the North Central Conference
until moving to Football Championship Subdivision in 2004. The current head coach
is John Stiegelmeier
.
In March 2007, SDSU
was accepted into the Missouri Valley Football Conference and began league play in the 2008 season.
Players in the National Football League
A total of 33 Jackrabbits have played for NFL Clubs, including five currently:
28 Jackrabbits have been drafted in the NFL Draft. Jim Langer
is the only Jackrabbit, and the only North Central Conference football player, to be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame
(There is a proposed plan for a new stadium in the next decade (proposed seating 22,500).
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
The South Dakota State Jackrabbits are the 19 intercollegiate teams representing South Dakota State University that compete in the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I . SDSU is currently a member of the Summit League, the Missouri Valley Football Conference, the Western...
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team is a Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA) program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Jackrabbits were a Division II program in the North Central Conference
North Central Conference
The North Central Conference , also known as North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, was a college athletic conference which operated in the north central United States. It participated in the NCAA's Division II.-History:...
until moving to Football Championship Subdivision in 2004. The current head coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
is John Stiegelmeier
John Stiegelmeier
John Stiegelmeier is an American football coach, currently the head coach of the South Dakota State University Jackrabbit football team....
.
In March 2007, SDSU
South Dakota State University
South Dakota State University is the largest university in the U.S. state of South Dakota, located in Brookings. A public land-grant university and sun grant college, founded under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act, SDSU offers programs of study required by, or harmonious to, this Act...
was accepted into the Missouri Valley Football Conference and began league play in the 2008 season.
Players in the National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
A total of 33 Jackrabbits have played for NFL Clubs, including five currently:
- Adam VinatieriAdam VinatieriAdam Matthew Vinatieri is an American football placekicker currently playing for the Indianapolis Colts. He has played in six Super Bowls, four with the New England Patriots and two with the Colts, winning four. Vinatieri won a Super Bowl in 2006 with Indianapolis and won Super Bowls in 2001,...
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28 Jackrabbits have been drafted in the NFL Draft. Jim Langer
Jim Langer
James John Langer is a former American football center who played for the National Football League's Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings. He is considered one of the greatest NFL centers of all time and a hard working and quick blocker...
is the only Jackrabbit, and the only North Central Conference football player, to be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame
North Central Conference Championships
- 1922, 1924, 1925, 1933, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963
Head coaches
| # | Name | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr. Morrison | 1900 |
| 2 | L.L. Gilkey | 1901 |
| 3 | J. Harrison Werner | 1903 |
| 4 | William Blaine | 1904 |
| 5 | William Juneau William Juneau William J. "Bill" Juneau was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Colorado College , South Dakota State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts , Marquette University , the University of Wisconsin–Madison , the... |
1905–1908 |
| 6 | J.M. Saunderson | 1909–1910 |
| 7 | Frederick Johnson Fred Johnson (college football) Frederick "Fred" Johnson was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at South Dakota State University and Central Michigan University .-Head coaching record:-References:... |
1911 |
| 8 | Harry "Buck" Ewing Harry W. Ewing Harry W. "Buck" Ewing was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He was a 1909 graduate of University of Nebraska where he played football... |
1912–1917 |
| 9 | no football | 1918 |
| 10 | C.A. "Jack" West | 1919–1927 |
| 11 | T.C. "Cy" Kasper | 1928–1933 |
| 12 | R.H. "Red" Threlfall | 1934–1937 |
| 13 | Jack Barnes Jack Barnes Jack Whittier Barnes is an American Communist and the National Secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. Barnes was elected the party's national secretary in 1972, replacing the retiring Farrell Dobbs. He had joined the SWP in the early 1960s as a student at Carleton College in Minnesota and... |
1938–1940 |
| 14 | Thurlo McCrady | 1941–1946 |
| 15 | Ralph Ginn | 1947–1968 |
| 16 | Dave Kragthorpe Dave Kragthorpe Dave Kragthorpe is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at South Dakota State University in 1969, at Idaho State University from 1980 to 1982, and at Oregon State University from 1985 to 1990, compiling a career college football record of... |
1969 |
| 17 | Dean Pryor | 1970–1971 |
| 18 | John Gregory John Gregory (coach) John Gregory is an American football head coach who most recently coached the Iowa Barnstormers, an Arena football team currently playing in the AFL.-Early years:... |
1972–1981 |
| 19 | Wayne Haensel | 1982–1990 |
| 20 | Mike Daly | 1991–1996 |
| 21 | John Stiegelmeier John Stiegelmeier John Stiegelmeier is an American football coach, currently the head coach of the South Dakota State University Jackrabbit football team.... |
1997– |
Stadiums
- State Field
- Coughlin-Alumni StadiumCoughlin-Alumni StadiumCoughlin-Alumni Stadium is a 15,000-seat stadium in Brookings, South Dakota. It opened in 1962 replacing State Field and is home to the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits football team...
1962–present - Jackrabbit Stadium (?)
(There is a proposed plan for a new stadium in the next decade (proposed seating 22,500).